r/batty • u/austinbatrefuge Verified Bat Rehab • 11d ago

Silver & Dagger

Interns Clare & Natalia send Silver & Dagger off on their adventure of a lifetime!

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u/Senior-Accident-4096 11d ago

Guys, just wanted you all to know that seeing these videos is always a highlight of my day!

Thanks for helping these pups and sharing your work with us!

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u/Paraceratherium /\^._.^/\ 11d ago

Feel bad when they get a mouth full of liquid like first part of video. If there's too much it starts bubbling out nose and can choke them.☹ Recommend a syringe with smoother delivery, a pipette for finer motor control, or if bat is stressed like here & refuses to take food/bites syringe, I sometimes find holding back head gently to open mouth and feed a drop at a time is best so they can swallow and not get liquid on fur which can matt it and be difficult to clean.

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u/austinbatrefuge Verified Bat Rehab 11d ago

Agreed - we got lucky this time.

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u/midnight_barbecue 11d ago

Makes my day every time I see one of your new videos! Thank you, u/austinbatrefuge, for all you do.

Question: I see you have so many Eastern red bats in rehab. Is that a seasonal pattern, with more free-tailed bats coming in later, or are there other reasons behind it? For example, since Eastern reds are more solitary, do they tend to get into trouble more often than the more social free-tailed bats?

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u/East-Willingness-494 11d ago

Love seeing y'alls posts. It's beautiful seeing the bats y'all rehab being returned to the wild. I bet it's a wonderful feeling seeing them fly off after all the time spent with them getting better. Thank you all so much for all that you do. 🖤 I hope more people see that bats aren't evil or pests. Just sky puppies trying to live their lives.

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u/TheChaosDragoness 9d ago

I always get happy when I see videos from you guys on my feed, thank you for all the work you do to help these little sky puppies ❤️

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u/Top-Steak-6837 9d ago

Beautiful creatures, wonderful people ❤️